Climate change and health, Maternal Health, Childhood Obesity, Food security, Reproductive Health Service, Food Systems, Palliative Care, Breast Cancer Treatment
Dr. Heather Harewood has a wealth of experience in the area of public health and epidemiology. She has been involved in the administration and delivery of the Masters in Public Health(MPH) Programme at The University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus in Barbados since 2009, initially as an Associate Lecturer prior to joining the faculty full-time in 2015. Apart from academic training, her current contributions build upon her previous experience as a Medical Officer of Health, at the Ministry of Health Barbados, with overall administrative responsibility for the delivery of Public Health and primary care services to a geographically defined catchment area. Additionally, she has been in significant research projects including A Qualitative Exploration of the Factors Influencing
Exclusive Breastfeeding among Women in Barbados: The Implications for Policy and Practice (completed May 2021) and “Psychological First Aid in Disasters: An Adaptation for First Responders and Community Leaders in Barbados” which was funded by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO).
Apart from Dr. Harewood's involvement in the MPH, she is the Joint Programme Coordinator of the EMBA-Health Care Management programme (launched in 2021) and the Programme Coordinator of UWI-PAHO Postgraduate Programmes in Health Policy and Health Systems (launched in 2022).
She was appointed to the UWI Cave Hill COVID-19 Public Health Group, the Reproductive Health Committee of the Ministry of Health and Wellness in Barbados, and as a collaborator on the Global Burden of Disease with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation.
[Journal Article]
Palliative care in the Caribbean through the lens of women with breast cancer: challenges and opportunities more..2018
Heather HarewoodSpence, Dingle and Austin Argentieri, M and Greaves, Natalie and Cox, Karen and Chin, Sheray N and Munroe, Margo and Watson, Gemma and Harewood, Heather and Shields, Alexandra E
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Evaluation of Short-Term Side Effects Following the First Dose of COVID-19 Vaccines Among Physicians and Dentists: A Cross-Sectional Study from India more..2023
Heather HarewoodMajumder, Md Anwarul Azim and Singh, Keerti and Johnson, WMS and Rajasundaram, Archana and Gupta, Subir and Gaur, Uma and Kumar, Santosh and Chatterjee, Madhuri and Fazle Rabbi, Ahbab Mohammad and Sangishetti, Vijay Prasad and others
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
Global, regional, and national prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adults during 1980–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 more..2014
Heather HarewoodNg, Marie and Fleming, Tom and Robinson, Margaret and Thomson, Blake and Graetz, Nicholas and Margono, Christopher and Mullany, Erin C and Biryukov, Stan and Abbafati, Cristiana and Abera, Semaw Ferede and others
COMPLETED
[Journal Article]
COVID-19 containment in the Caribbean: The experience of small island developing states more..2020
Heather HarewoodMurphy, Madhuvanti M and Jeyaseelan, Selvi M and Howitt, Christina and Greaves, Natalie and Harewood, Heather and Quimby, Kim R and Sobers, Natasha and Landis, R Clive and Rocke, KD and Hambleton, Ian R
COMPLETED
[Misc]
A Qualitative Exploration of the Experiences and Perceptions of Women Living With a Diagnosis of Breast Cancer in Barbados: Financial Loss more..2018
Heather HarewoodVigilance, Jacqueline and Harewood, Heather and Greaves, Natalie
COMPLETED
[Education and Training]
Postgraduate Certificate University Teaching and Learning more..Contribution of > Education and Training
COMPLETED
[Education and Training]
Masters in Public Health more..Contribution of > Education and Training
COMPLETED
[Education and Training]
BSc. Biology more..Contribution of > Education and Training
COMPLETED
[Education and Training]
Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) more..Contribution of > Education and Training
COMPLETED
[Education and Training]
MBBS Medicine and Surgery more..Contribution of > Education and Training
COMPLETED
[Membership]
Member, Healthy Caribbean Coalition more..Contribution of > Membership
COMPLETED
[Membership]
Member, American Public Health Association more..Contribution of > Membership
COMPLETED
[Membership]
Executive Member, Queen’s College Association more..Contribution of > Membership
COMPLETED
[Membership]
Member, Barbados Association of Medical Practitioners more..Contribution of > Membership
COMPLETED
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